Comments on: Can Beeswax Cloth Wraps Replace Plastic Cling Wrap?http://myplasticfreelife.com/2013/12/replace-plastic-wrap-with-beeswax-cloth-wraps/
Think we can't live without plastic? Think again. In 2007 I committed to stop buying any new plastic & I've almost succeeded! Won't you join me? Let's see what plastic-free looks like today... for the health of our bodies, our oceans, our planet. ~Beth TerrySun, 02 Aug 2015 03:23:30 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Michelehttp://myplasticfreelife.com/2013/12/replace-plastic-wrap-with-beeswax-cloth-wraps/#comment-213531
Wed, 15 Jul 2015 21:17:24 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-213531I was so excited to try the Bees Wrap, it’s been on my WANT list for a while. I’ve only used two sizes once each… but the smell interfered with my food. I didn’t dislike it, but I don’t want my bread/ cheese whatever to smell like that. I hope it fades, as they say… but by your comment, I’m not as hopeful. Thanks for the feedback.

I will say, however, it has kept my food fresh and is super easy to use.

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Sun, 22 Feb 2015 14:57:39 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-212843I just got the Bee’s Wraps and the smell actually made me sick. I would never put these around my food. I’ve tried washing and airing them out but they still stink.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:07:08 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-183000@jonnie beeswax has naturally occurring antimicrobial properties.
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:02:23 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-182996BethTerry (this is directed to SSeabrook) It’s actually probably due to GMO’s. Since bees are pollinators and so much that is grown is now controlled by Monsanto…it only stands to reason this bee epidemic is related to genetically modified organisms. If exhaustion is related to the stress on their bodies due to being saturated with environmental toxins, then ok, I could agree with that possibility. However, to claim a bee is “overworked” and dying off due to exhaustion is a ridiculous notion imo. Pretty sure God designed a bee to be a worker, their jobs pretty much consist of collecting pollen and making honey. I know that’s putting it more simply, but really…they don’t break until winter during hibernation.

Containers are not always the easiest way to go, especially when you have small children walking around on stone floors with snacks (in an effort to reduce the off-gassing from synthetic materials like vinyl) and could easily shatter. Or sending them off to school lunches. So, being able to make something such as a beeswax coated muslin “baggie” is a much better solution and can be an absolutely a “great idea” for someone else.

If you wanted to make a good argument for beeswax coated fabric not being a great idea, you could center it around the fact that so much of what bees are pollinating would be genetically modified plants. That means pretty much all of the honey and wax could be potentially tainted with the same toxins from GMO’s that have now been proven to cause cancerous tumors in rats (http://www.naturalnews.com/037249_gmo_study_cancer_tumors_organ_damage.html.) So really, even if you own your own colony of bees, we know they can travel quite a distance to pollinate…or maybe your neighbor is growing some GMO veggies that your bees end up visiting. Frustrating isn’t it? Because even when you think you’ve finally got it down and you’ve eliminated this for that…you still can’t get it all.

P.S. To Jessica Silva, I would never use soy, ever. I have made candles for nine years, soy wax is toxic, I would break out all over just melting it down and I’m not an allergy kind of gal. My skin would literally feel like it was unable to breath and I had a hard time getting it off of me. That was just from melting it down in a double boiler!! Additionally, pretty much all soy is GMO. Soy is also a hormone mimicker and very destructive to our bodies, much like wheat. It should not be consumed without fermentation (organic or not). And lastly, it takes more petroleum to produce soy products (oil, wax etc) then it does to just use a straight petroleum product. In the name of “green” it is complete hippocracy.

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Sat, 28 Dec 2013 20:32:39 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-83641I cover food in a cotton cloth and then wrap in the beeswax cover. They prevent food from going bad, like cheese. I rinse in water or castile soap and water. I have never noticed a pine smell. Perhaps she changed the formula. I’ve had mine for years and haven’t used plastic wrap for 20 years. I’ll cover bowls with plates and have stainless and glass bowls with covers. All of my beans and pasta are stored in glass salsa and pickle jars in the pantry. I keep a wrapped plastic bag in my purse so I always have a bag with me, preventing me from getting one at the store when I think I’ve forgotten one. But we still have styofoam and plastic waste come into our lives. Our milk comes in plastic, etc. Not sure how to prevent it.
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Mon, 23 Dec 2013 08:27:40 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-82223Coincidentally, I just wrote about how I keep bread fresh without plastic: http://myplasticfreelife.com/2013/12/my-favorite-useful-airtight-stainless-steel-kitchen-container/
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Mon, 23 Dec 2013 02:06:08 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-82169Has anyone submitted this? http://www.thegrommet.com/formaticum?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_content=13943&utm_medium=email&utm_source=CC&trk_msg=G5BP6P8DO8UKLASDIN6001911K&trk_contact=5HPR0STF964H1ATCV9JBM0VV7G
It’s a cheese wrap (admittedly disposable, but not plastic).
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Sun, 22 Dec 2013 21:12:58 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-82121has anyone tried using these to wrap around bread and keep it fresh? that’s where i most miss plastic (although I use a plastic bag around bread, not plastic wrap). thanks!
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Sat, 21 Dec 2013 23:57:36 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-81857This comment is from Sharon Seabrook. She had trouble posting her comment here.
“Simpler is always better if you can get similar results… your use of containers beats out any wrap, plastic or beeswax or other.
2) I’m not really sure that beeswax can be considered a “renewable” resource anymore…. our bees our dying nationwide and globally of bee colony collapse, and last I heard we only have about 20% of bees we used to have a few decades ago.
3) One cause of colony collapse is believed to be exhaustion… the bees are overworked, stressed by pesticides, as well as challenged by some kind of fungus that infects their hive. Stealing their wax they work so hard to make seems to be increasing their stress level, making their life that much harder.
4) So unless you are using beeswax from your own colony of bees which you know to be robustly healthy and won’t mind making extra wax for your use, it seems to me that using beeswax cloths to preserve food is not a great idea.”
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Sat, 21 Dec 2013 19:30:56 +0000http://myplasticfreelife.com/?p=7801#comment-81820TheGreenCat We use them ALL the time. LOVE LOVE LOVE your cloth napkins.
As for why wrap cheese… I just have this idea that there is still some air in the container and the wrap will keep the outside of the cheese from getting dry. But you find that the cheese is fine without any wrap on it? I haven’t even tried it.
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